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TELELETTER TO HONG KONG

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FROM R D CLIFT, HONG KONG AND GENERAL DEPARTMENT DATED 24 FEBRUARY 1982

FOLLOWING FOR:

SIR Y K PAO

SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, GOVERNOR, HONG KONG SIR PERCY CRADOCK, PEKING

TIA

1. YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT SIR Y K PAO'S STAFF HAVE BEEN PRESSING

ALAN DONALD OVER AN INVITATION TO GU MU AND HIS WIFE TO COME TO

THE UK. APPARENTLY, GU HAS TOLD Y K THAT IF A THIRD INVITATION WERE ISSUED HE WOULD PROBABLY ACCEPT.

2. ALAN HAS EXPLAINED THAT THE LORD PRIVY SEAL SPECIFICALLY

MENTIONED THE OUTSTANDING INVITATION TO GU WHEN HE SAW ZHANG

CANMING IN PEKING IN JANUARY. HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT THE

INVITATION WAS STILL ON THE TABLE AND IT WAS UP TO THE CHINESE

LEADERSHIP TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO.

3. YOU SHOULD ALSO KNOW THAT Y K IS SEEING THE SECRETARY OF STATE ON 16 MARCH.

SIGNED R D CLIFT

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